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WDW 2012: Ducati President announces record sales figures

28 March, 2020
During a press conference held at the World Ducati Week 2012, Ducati Motor Holding’s president, Mr.Gabriele Del Torchio, has highlighted Ducati’s constant growth and record-breaking sales (+12%) and revenues (+20% YTD) achieved by Ducati in May 2012. Ducati’s massive gathering…

Valencia Official Test Day 1 – Stoner fastest, as usual

28 March, 2020
After yesterday’s final GP race at Valencia that concluded the 2009 season, today began the first of three days of official testing in preparation for the 2010 that saw two new teams, new rookie riders and also several Moto2 bikes…

Josh Brookes to replace John Hopkins at Phillip Island

28 March, 2020
BSB rider Josh Brookes has confirmed he will be replacing injured John Hopkins in the Crescent Fixi Suzuki team for the opening round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island from 24-26 February.Hopkins crashed during yesterday’s private testing…

More teaser pics for new Suzuki V-Strom

28 March, 2020
Here are what we’re hoping are the final teaser pics of the new 2012 Suzuki V-Strom or Suzuki adventure bike. These are the first real images of the actual bike itself and we can make out some of the redesigned…

WSBK Test Phillip Island: Max Biaggi fastest, again

28 March, 2020
Day 2 of World Superbike testing at Phillip Island was lucky and for once didn’t see any rain, with World Champion Max Biaggi taking the top of the charts again, however Leon Camier and Yamaha riders, Eugene Laverty and Marco…

Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow will race at Motegi

28 March, 2020
What looked liked an almost compact front from the GP riders and paddock personnel to boycott the Motegi GP is now vacillating after the recent release of the ARPA study that concluded that radiation was ‘negligible.’Herve Poncharal who has been…

Aprilia and Giampiero Sacchi To Split Up?

28 March, 2020
It’s seems that Aprilia isn’t going through a very good period lately. Beginning with the switch from the 250cc class to Moto2 where the Italian brand was leasing and supplying most of the bikes on the grid and getting good…

European Women's Championship: fast and beautiful women

28 March, 2020
The European Women’s Championship could be a Mecca for male motorcycle fans - beautiful girls, who know how to ride. Last weekend blonde Dutch rider Bernice Sangers took out third place on the Assen race track, pleasing the local crowd.Winning…

WSBK Portimao – Smrz heads FP1

28 March, 2020
The first free practice session for this weekend’s title bout between Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga at the final round of the WSBK Championship in Portimao, opened with a couple of surprises, with Jakub Smrz from Guandalini Racing taking the…

Roberto Rolfo reveals 2011 Pedercini livery

28 March, 2020
Roberto Rolfo through his official website has revealed the livery that Pedercini SBK team will be using to contest in the 2011 championship.The livery on the ZX-10R is the classic Kawasaki green, with some black and white detailing in this…

2012 KTM SX and SX-F pics

28 March, 2020
The new KTM SX and SX-F 2012 models have been released and while all the details aren’t out yet, we can give you some new information on the models. The whole 2012 KTM motocross range will have rear link suspension…

Casey Stoner Ducati 1198 S Phillip Island Replica

28 March, 2020
Casey Stoner’s Ducati Desmosedici livery for the Phillip Island GP in 2009 was one of the best we’d seen and Ducati Metz dealer in France has decided to say good-by the 2007 World Champion who is heading to Honda HRC…

MotoGP Sachsenring: After the Race Rider Quotes

28 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa’s win today at the German GP slightly closed the championship gap to Jorge Lorenzo, The Fiat Yamaha rider leads the standings with 185 points, while his closest rival Pedrosa is at 138 heading into next weekend’s Laguna Seca…

MotoGP Mugello – What the Riders Had to Say

28 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa ruled at the Gran Premio D’Italia TIM race at the Mugello circuit and Honda came back strong in Italy by placing four riders in the top six, but it Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo with his second place who…

Valencia WSBK Race 1 and 2 Video highlights

28 March, 2020
If you happened to miss the last week’s Valencia WSBK races due to problems with the SBK website channel’s live feed and because they’ve removed their video on demand feature after a highly tooted restyling, here are two highlight videos.Secondo…

Manuel Poggiali to leave racing at 25 years old

28 March, 2020
The news that has been circulating for a few days now seems true, unfortunately. Manuel Poggiali is leaving racing due to physical problems. It appears that the Campetella Racing Team rider will definitively leave Motomondiale racing.The rumours have been confirmed…

Yamaha to deny Rossi Valencia test?

28 March, 2020
Most rider contracts end December 31, but riders are usually released immediately after the final race so they can begin testing their new bikes. One exception was Valentino Rossi. Honda HRC at the end of 2003 refused to release him…

Aspar Martinez and Aprilia in MotoGP?

28 March, 2020
Every since Dorna and FIM announced the new 2012 rule change in MotoGP (that could actually be implemented in 2011) rumors that Aprilia could be returning to the premier class have been frequent, despite Gigi Dall’Igna and Leo Mercanti having…

Haga: For a Bird Free Race

28 March, 2020
You have to admit that Noriyuki Haga has got a droll sense of humour, this has been added to his website’s homepage after he got hit by a pigeon during Race 2 at Monza. The impact on his arm caused…

Gas Gas EC 300 Nambotin R replica

28 March, 2020
After the impressive success of 2008 in the E3 category, Gas Gas has decided to dedicate a replica version of the EC 300 to rider, Christophe Nambotin. Nambotin, along with the bike, have become a benchmark for Gas Gas, and…

First look at the Santiago Motorpark facility (w/video)

28 March, 2020
On the wave of the rumors that Chile would be hosting a MotoGP event in the near future, the South American country officially presented their new circuit project and we can show you a video of the 180 hectare facility…

MotoGP: First test day for Kawasaki

28 March, 2020
It was a successful first day of testing for the Kawasaki MotoGp team in Phillip Island as the three-day testing programme started with perfect conditions. The Kawasaki riders and test rider Olivier Jacque will ride more than 1000 Km on…

IOM honours McGuinness and Molyneux with corners

28 March, 2020
Giacomo Agostini, Geoff Duke, Jimmy Guthrie, Mike Hailwood and Joey Dunlop all have corners named after them at the iconic Isle of Man Mountain Course, and now so will John McGuinness and Dave Molyneux.The newly named course points comes as…